<p>Freaky. I had this last year, cant figure out if it is related to light.
I have sunglasses, but they arent very dark. However, I dont look at the sun. 
I have been seeing an ophthalmologist, twice in the last month and I have another appt next week.
Hes given me Lotemax, a steroid drop to use, to hopefully reduce inflammation enough so that I can get a prescription & get my glasses updated.
So I looked up wavy lines & find that it could be a fungus that landscapers get.
:-S
<a href=“http://www.lowvision.org/histoplasmosis_maculopathy.htm”>http://www.lowvision.org/histoplasmosis_maculopathy.htm</a>
We dont have chickens but the neighbors do & I also work with mulch & soil a lot.
Any suggestions for eye vitamins? I was taking some a while ago that seemed to help, but now I cant remember what kind they were.</p>
<p>Do you have pet birds? (parrot, macaw, etc?) Histoplasmosis can come from them. <a href=“http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/4/235.full”>http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/4/235.full</a></p>
<p>Not unless you count the robins that compete for my worms!
:)</p>
<p>It sounds like you might be getting a migraine, but without the headache part. This happens to me, lasts about 20 minutes. I’m surprised your doctor didn’t mention this. You might want to google “vision distortion with migraine” or something along those lines to see if that’s what is happening.</p>
<p>Ohh. Good thinking. It *is *before my period, & that is the only time Ive ever gotten migraines.</p>
<p>suzy100–called an optical migraine. I get them a few times a year, but thankfully, without the headache pain. I just wait them out and after about 15 min. they are gone. </p>
<p>Two member of my family get migraines, and both have had the aura without the following headache. In fact, for one of them, as he has grown older, the aura-only migraine has become the most frequent type he gets.</p>
<p>Migraine wouldn’t produce inflammation, though. The OP’s eye doctor is treating her for inflammation, which means that the doctor must have seen some signs of inflammation during the examination.</p>
<p>I probably have several things wrong with my eyes.
I just went in for a regular eye exam, but couldnt see the chart as expected with the right eye. So I have been using the drops.
I also have dry eyes & go to water aerobics 4x a week which may not help, but I try not to get water in my eyes.
( if I wore goggles, I wouldnt be able to see anything)
I cant drive at night except in our neighborhood & probably have an astigmatism that isnt corrected as sometimes I see double with one eye closed.
I am going to ask about having goggles made for my prescription.
The migraine makes sense, because it only lasts for about 20-40 minutes usually.
It sounds like a Scintillating Scotoma which is caused by an Acephalgic migraine.
It says that in women incidents increase during peri- menopause.
Since Im five years past the American average age for menopause, I have to at least be close.</p>
<p>I still get the migraine “aura”, but thankfully, I have aged out of migraines. It’s the one perk of getting older I think. What you describe sounds like what I do still get.</p>
<p>I have had ocular migraines and they appeared very similar to the illustration here. I don’t get a headache with them but sometimes feel a little bit of pressure.
<a href=“Ocular Migraine (Retinal Migraine) vs. Migraine Aura”>http://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/ocular-migraine.htm</a></p>
<p>How timely this topic is ! I have had them occasionally for the last few years. So infrequently , that I hadn’t mentioned them to any of my doctors ( but have read up about it online ) I got one at the end of my daughter’s college graduation last year, just in time to exit the TD Garden in Boston 
Over the last two weeks, I have had several of them. I cannot find a common thread regarding what could be possible triggers. I had a physical the other day and my PCP set up an appointment with a neurologist.
I am not sure if they would be considered ocular migraine or migraine with aura, but the latter could be an indicator of higher risk for stroke. Mine happen in both eyes and I can still see the lines / flashing / rainbows when my eyes are closed. I worry about it happening when I am driving because I would absolutely need to pull off the road until it passes because my vision is too distorted </p>
<p>Mine appeared to be mostly in one eye and I also could still see the zig-zagging lines with my eyes closed. These episodes would only last a few minutes and were never accompanied by a headache.</p>
<p>Well i mentioned the wavy lines and distortion to the assistant.
They checked me with several different fancy machines, one with lasers, and in a couple weeks I get to go back for another one.
I seem to be developing AMD, ( age related macular degeneration) although my grandpa was over 75 when he got it, as most people are. Im only 56.
Im am so tired of going to Drs where everyone else in the waiting room is 80.
But at least the magazines are new.</p>
<p>Does wavy lines means that straight lines like doorways seem to bend? Or does wavy lines mean that there is a zigzag flashing or looking like you are looking across very hot pavemt?</p>
<p>Straight lines that are bent:
Central serous retinopathy
Pigmented epithelial detachment
Macular edema (from many causes)
Age related macular degeneration</p>
<p>Zigzag lines or hot pavement: ocular migraine. Zigzag flashes of light: posterior vitreous detachment or rarely retinal
Detachment.</p>
<p>Thus,
For the poster that had zigzag lines in one eye: ocular migraine
For the poster that had flashes/rainbows in both eyes:
Consider postural hypotension or low blood sugar</p>